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Amanda Berra on May 24, 2012 |
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Topics: Practice Transformation, Medical Home, Physician Issues, Launch Planning, Cross-Continuum Impact
Industry attitudes toward PCMH panel size have changed. Early adopters of the medical home tended to believe that they had to reduce per-provider panel size as part of the practice transformation process to hit key PCMH goals such as:
- Giving physicians and teams with enough time to complete transformation work
- Improving quality of care (by enabling physicians to spend more time with each patient)
- Ensuring the sustainability of clinician workload in the long term
Today, even though all these goals remain in force, PCMH transformations typically do not include panel size reductions. This blog post, the first in a new series on panel size data and trends, examines the evolution in perceptions of the PCMH model's ability to support sustainable growth.
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PCMH panel size trends: Introducing a new data series
Amanda Berra on February 14, 2012 |
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Topics: Launch Planning, Medical Home, Physician Issues, Practice Transformation, Medical Home IT, Medical Home Finance
Success in a medical home (PCMH) initiative requires aligning interests across physicians, hospitals, payers, and patients—a challenge universally described as "herding cats." How leaders keep each of these diverse stakeholders motivated, engaged, and on track?
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Motivating diverse stakeholders in a PCMH pilot
Amanda Berra on January 4, 2012 |
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Topics: Medical Home Finance, Medical Home, Physician Issues, Cross-Continuum Impact, Launch Planning
Providers are increasingly approaching health plans and employers to initiate discussions of medical home contracting opportunities. We all know how critical it is to come to the negotiating table thoroughly prepared with good discussion questions. But when it comes to medical home contracting, what are those good questions?
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Asking the right questions: Discussion guide for payer talks
